1927 The Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide Page: 274
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274 THE TEXAS ALMANAC.
rises in SW Comanche; flows S 30 mi. into
Pecan Bayou.
Bluff er.-Taylor, Runnels; rises in SW
Taylor; flows SE 28 mi. into Elm cr.
Bofeelltos Canyon-Presidio; rises in S
part of county; flows W 8 mi. into Rio
Grande. Notable canyon.
Boggy er.-Leon; rises near Flynn;
flows E 23 mi. into Trinity r.
Boggy cr.-Morris; rises N part of
county; flows S 23 mi. into Big Cypress
Bayou.
Boggy er.-Young, Throckmorton; rises
in N central part of Throckmorton; flows
SE 23 mi. into Brazos.
Bois d'Are cr.-Grayson, Fannin, Lamar;
rises in E Qrayson; flows SE, E and NE
51 mi. into Pea r.
Borrego er.-Wilson and Atascosa; rises
in W Wilson; flows S and SE 35 mi. into
Atascosa r.
Bosque .r.-Erath, Hamilton, Bosque,
McLennan; rises in N part of Erath; flows
SE 115 mi. into Brazos r.
Brays Bayou-Harris; rises in S part
of .ounty; flows NE 26 mi. into Ship
Channel.
Brady cr.-Concho, McCulloch and San
Saba; rises in SW part of Concho; flows
E 77 mi. Into San Saba r.
Brazeos r., Clear Fork of-Young, Steph-
ens, Shackelford, Throckmorton, Jones,
Fisher; rises 12 mi. Wr of Roby in Fisher
County; flows NE 180 mi. into Brazos 12
mi. SW of Graham in Young County;
drainage area, 5,670 sq. mi.
Brazos r.-Largest of rivers flowing
through Texas; rises in Curry and Quay
Counties in E part of New Mexico; head-
water streams, Clear Fork, Salt Fork and
Double Mountain Fork unite in NE part
of Stonewall County about 470 mi. above
its mouth; main stream flows SE through
W and C part of State into Gulf of Mex-
ico near Freeport in Brazoria County.
Length, 840 mi.; drainage area, 41,700 sq.
mi., of which 600 sq. mi. are in New
Mexico.
Brushy cr.-Milam and Williamson;
rises in SW Williamson; flows NE 60 mi.
into San Gabriel r.
Buckners er.-Bastrop and Fayette;
rises in SE Bastrop; flows E 24 mi. into
Colaoado r.
Buffalo Bayou-Fort Bend and Harris;
rises in N Fort Bend; flows E 46 mi. into
San Jacinto r. Below Houston converted
into ship channel.
Buffalo er.-Freestone and Leon; rises
in SW Freestone; flows SE 30 mi. into
Upper Keechi cr.
Buffalo cr.-Hardeman, Wilbarger; rises
in S part of Hardeman; flows E 34 mi.
into Pease r.
Cabeza cr.-DeWitt, Karnes, Goliad;
rises in SW part of DeWitt; flows SE 29
mi. into San Antonio r.'
Caddo Fork of Sabine r.-Hunt; rises
4 mi. west of Celeste; flows SE 36 mi. to
South Fork of Sabine r.
Calamity er.-Brewster; rises 5 mi. S of
Alpine; flows 30 mi. SE into Goat cr.
California (or South Paint) cr.-Throck-
morton, Haskell, Jones, Fisher; rises in
NE Fisher; flows NE 70 mi. into Clear
Fork of Brazos r.
Caney Bayou-Wharton, Matagorda;
rises near Wharton; flows SE 65 mi. into
E end of Matagorda Bay.
Caney er.-Walker. Montgomery; rises
in SE part of Walker; flows SE 36 mi.
into Peach cr.
Canadian r.-Hemphill, Roberts, Hutch-inson, Moore, Potter, Oldham; rises in
Colfax County, N. M.; crosses Panhandle
of Texas and into Oklahoma; joins Arkan-
sas r.; total length is 760 mi., of which
190 mi. are in Texas; drainage basin in
Texas, 9,740 sq. mi.
Capote Draw-Presidio; rises in Cleve-
land Brakes SW of Marfa; flows N and
NW 43 mi. into Chispa cr., which sinks in
sand NW of Ryan.
Carancahua cr.-Jackson, Matagorda,
Calhoun; rises in N'W Matagorda; flows 28
mi. SE into Carancahua Bay.
Carrizo er.-Dallam and Hartley; rises
in E part of Colfax County, N. M.; flows
into Texas 15 mi. S of Texline and con-
tinues SE course for 35 mi. to Mustang cr.
Carrizo cr.-Dimmit; rises in NW part
of county; flows NE 24 mi. to Nueces r.
Catfish Bayou-Henderson, Anderson;
rises 8 mi. SW of Athens; flows SW 30 mi.
into Trinity r.
Catfish er.-Hale, Lamb, Castro, Parm-
er; rises in Curry and Quay Counties, N.
M.; crosses State line 6 mi. N of Farwell;
flows SE 70 mi. into White r.
Cedar er.-Liberty, Harris, Chambers;
rises in W part of Liberty; flows S 31
mi. into Trinity Bay.
Cedar cr.-Caldwell, Bastrop; rises N
of Mendoza in N part of Caldwell; flows
E 24 mi. into Walnut cr.
Cedar er.-Rockwall, Kaufman, Hender-
son; rises in S part of Rockwall; flows
SE 57 mi. into Trinity r. (Also referred
to as Brushy Bayou.)
Cedar Lake cr.-Brazoria, Matagorda;
rises in NW part of Brazoria; flows SE
28 mi. into Cedar Lake.
Chaparrosa er.-Kinney, Maverick, Za-
valla; rises in Anacacho Mountains in SE
Kinney; flows SE 28 mi. into Turkey cr.
Cherokee Bayou-Rusk, Gregg; rises 4
mi. NW of Henderson in Rusk; flows NE
and E 27 mi. into Sabine r.
Cherokee er.-San Saba; rises in S
part of county; flows NE 34 mi. into Colo-
rado r.
Cherry Canyon-Jeff Davis, Reeves;
rises in Davis Mountains 18 mi. W of
Fort Davis; flows NE 25 mi. and sinks
into sand 7 mi. NW of Toyahvale.
Cherry cr.-Howard, Mitchell; rises in
NE part of Howard; flows SE 25 mi. into
Morgan cr.
Chocolate er.-DeWitt, Victoria, Lavaca,
Jackson; rises in E part of DeWitt; flows
SE 23 mi. into Little Brushy or.
Chispa cr.-Jeff Davis, Presidio; rises
SW of Marfa in N part of Presidio; flows
NE 62 mi. into Wildhorse cr.
Choctaw cr.-Grayson; rises 5 mi. NW
of Howe; flows NE 25 mi. into Red r.
Ciaman er.-La Salle; rises in S part of
county;flows E about 40 mi. into Nueces r.
Cibolo er.-Presidio; rises in Cuesta del
Burro in C part of county; flows S 40 mi.
into Rio Grande near Presidio.
Cibolo' er.- Kendall, Comal, Bexar,
Guadalupe, Wilson, Karnes; rises 7 mi. W
of Boerne; flows SE 96 mi. into San An-
tonio r.; one of the longest streams in
Texas referred to as "creek."
Clarks cr.-Lavaca; rises near Yoakum;
flows SE 26 mi. into Lavaca r.
Clear cr.-Harris, Galveston; rises near
Almeda in SW Harris; flows SE 26 mi.
into Galveston Bay.
Clear cr.-Montague, Cooke, Denton;
rises about 4 mi. W of St. Jo; flows SE
40 mi. into Elm Fork of Trinity r.
Clear Fork of Trinity r.-Jack, Parker. -
Tarrant; rises 2 mi. S of Gibtown in SE
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